public ViewResult Index(int page = 1)
        {
            page = page < 1 ? 1 : page;
            AlexAndNikkiDBEntities dbContext = new AlexAndNikkiDBEntities();

            var blogPostsToShow = dbContext.BlogPosts;

            var pagingInfo = new PagingInfo
            {
                CurrentPage = page,
                ItemsPerPage = 5,
                TotalItems = blogPostsToShow.Count()
            };

            var viewModel = new BlogIndexViewModel
            {
                BlogPosts = blogPostsToShow
                .OrderByDescending(x => x.Date)
                .Skip((page - 1) * 5)
                .Take(5)
                .ToList(),
                PagingInfo = pagingInfo
            };

            return View("Blog", viewModel);
        }
 public static MvcHtmlString PageLinks(this HtmlHelper html,
 PagingInfo pagingInfo,
 Func<int, string> pageUrl)
 {
     StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
     if (pagingInfo.TotalPages > 1)
     {
         TagBuilder first = new TagBuilder("a");
         first.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(1));
         first.InnerHtml = "first";
         result.AppendLine(first.ToString());
     }
     if (pagingInfo.CurrentPage > 1)
     {
         TagBuilder prev = new TagBuilder("a");
         prev.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(pagingInfo.CurrentPage - 1));
         prev.InnerHtml = "prev";
         result.AppendLine(prev.ToString());
     }
     for (int i = 1; i <= pagingInfo.TotalPages; i++)
     {
         TagBuilder tag = new TagBuilder("a");
         tag.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(i));
         tag.InnerHtml = i.ToString();
         if (i == pagingInfo.CurrentPage)
             tag.AddCssClass("pageLinkSelected");
         result.AppendLine(tag.ToString());
     }
     if (pagingInfo.CurrentPage < pagingInfo.TotalPages)
     {
         TagBuilder next = new TagBuilder("a");
         next.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(pagingInfo.CurrentPage + 1));
         next.InnerHtml = "next";
         result.AppendLine(next.ToString());
     }
     if (pagingInfo.TotalPages > 1)
     {
         TagBuilder last = new TagBuilder("a");
         last.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(pagingInfo.TotalPages));
         last.InnerHtml = "last";
         result.AppendLine(last.ToString());
     }
     return MvcHtmlString.Create(result.ToString());
 }